{"id":8915,"date":"2012-10-31T04:46:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T09:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathyschiffer\/?p=8915"},"modified":"2016-09-30T15:58:34","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T20:58:34","slug":"just-how-pro-life-is-mitt-romney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathyschiffer\/2012\/10\/just-how-pro-life-is-mitt-romney\/","title":{"rendered":"Just How \u201cPro-Life\u201d Is Mitt Romney?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>As the election nears,<\/strong> some in the liberal media are pointing an accusatory finger at Mitt Romney\u2019s alleged \u201cpro-life wiggle.\u201d\u00a0 He is, they claim, obscuring his stance in a shameless attempt to pander to women voters.\u00a0 He\u2019s all over the map, they allege\u2014first saying he is pro-life, then refusing to consider legislation which would, in fact, limit the number of abortions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWiggle\u201d?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

That\u2019s why it\u2019s great that Lifenews.com reprinted in its entirety a campaign letter<\/a><\/strong> in which Romney outlines his pro-life agenda, listing specific positions he would take as President.\u00a0 The Hyde Amendment, the Mexico City Policy, a Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act:\u00a0 All are policies which our next President supports openly. \u00a0He opposes judicial activism, opposes distribution of contraception to minors without parental consent, opposes embryonic cloning.\u00a0 He supports abstinence education.<\/p>\n

Mitt Romney is a principled leader<\/strong> who will bring a respect for life back into the White House.\u00a0 But don\u2019t take my word for it:\u00a0 Here is his letter\u2014decide for yourself.<\/p>\n

Dear Pam,<\/p>\n

Thank you for contacting me about the important issue of abortion. I appreciate your interest in my campaign for president and would like to thank you for taking the time to share your views with me.<\/p>\n

I am firmly pro-life. I believe that if abortion were limited to cases of rape, incest, and circumstances in which the mother\u2019s life is in peril, we will have gone a long way to ending abortion in this country. I support the reversal of Roe v. Wade, because it is bad law and bad medicine. Roe was a misguided ruling that was a result of a small group of activist federal judges legislating from the bench.<\/p>\n

I support the Hyde Amendment, which broadly bars the use of federal funds for abortions. And as president, I will end federal funding for abortion advocates like Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n

I will reinstate the Mexico City Policy to ensure that nongovernmental organizations that receive funding from America refrain from performing or promoting abortion services, as a method of family planning, in other countries. This includes ending American funding for any United Nations or other foreign assistance program that promotes or performs abortions on women around the world.<\/p>\n

I will advocate for and support a Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act to protect unborn children who are capable of feeling pain from abortion.<\/p>\n

And perhaps most importantly, I will only appoint judges who adhere to the Constitution and the laws as they are written, not as they want them to be written.<\/p>\n

As Governor of Massachusetts, I fought to promote abstinence education in the classroom, vetoed legislation to provide emergency contraception without a prescription, and vetoed embryonic cloning legislation. I am proud to say that each time I was presented with legislation on life issues, I sided with life. I remain strongly dedicated to that position.<\/p>\n

I am running for president because I believe in America and know that our best days are still ahead. I believe that the principles that made America the leader of the world today\u2014freedom, opportunity, and free enterprise to name just a few\u2014are the very principles that will keep America the leader of the world tomorrow. These last few years have not been the best of times. But while we\u2019ve lost a few years, we have not lost our way.<\/p>\n

Again, thank you for contacting me. I encourage you to visit my website at www.MittRomney.com for updated information on this and other issues that may be of interest to you. I look forward to hearing from you in the future, and earning your support.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Mitt Romney<\/p>\n

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